Toaster



Dec. 1.0,"1929. E. M. STRADER ToAsTER Filed March 19, 1928 A TTORNEYS.

Patented Dec. 10, 1929 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE EARL M. STRADER, F KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR TO CHARLES A. LEMASTER, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI TOASTEB Application filed March 19, 1928. Serial No.

My invention relates to toasters; and more particularly to means for mounting the cover element of a so-called double toaster-on the base element, the principal objects of the invention being to support the cover in various positions parallel to the base, to. providel for convenient adjustment of the cover in relation to the base, and to permit tilting of a cover thus adjustably supported froma'base.

In accomplishing'these and other objects ot the invention I have provided improved details of structure, the preferred forms of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Fig. l is a perspective view of a toaster embodying my improvements.

Fig. 2 is a central vertical sectional view through the toaster.

liig. 3 is a detail plan view of a bracket attached to the base member, the latter being shown fragmentarily.

Referring in detail to the drawings: A

l 'designates the base or supporting element of a toaster, having heating elements generally designated 2 of ordinary construction, and a horizontal heating plate 3. A laterally extending bracket 4 rigidly attached to the base by screws 5 is provided with a dcpending boss 6' adjacent its outer end, and

with a support-plunger opening 7 extending through the boss. Rod-receiving openings 8 and 9 are further provided in the base bracket adjacent the base element, and a screw-threaded opening l0 is centrally located in the bracket. 'lhe various openings meuf tioned are provided to receive respectively the sevelral supporting and guide members connected with a cover bracket extending lateral'- ly trom the cover ll whereby a cover 12 is supported from the base, asupportingplunger i3 xed to the outer end of the cover bracket being slidable in the plunger opening 7 of dit .tid

the base bracket, and guide vrods 14 and l5 hired to the cover bracket being slidable in openings 8 and 9. The cover bracket and cover are supported by a screw v.16 havinga smooth portion 17 rotatably mounted in the cover bracket and provided with a collar 18 movable over the lower face of the bracket for supporting the same, the screw being further heating elements 24,

downward pivotlng :moval of the articles without changing vthe engaged the screw-threaded opening ofthe base bracket. Rotation of the screw causes' the cover bracket to move in relationto the' base bracket, while the plunger and rods `take lateral strain from the screw produced by 55 the eccentricfdisposition of the weight of the cover element at one side of the bracket. The screw is operable by a crank 19 iiXed on its upper end, and a washer 20 spaces thecrank from the cover bracket. v

Means for mounting the cover on the cover bracket comprise ears 2l of the bracket whereon the cover l2 is pivotally mounted on the cover bracket, the cover having lugs 22 comprising hinge memberspivotally connected with the bracket ears by pintles 23. The coverr comprises the usual casing and and has a heating face plate 25 adapted to lie parallel with the face of the'base member in various spaced positions therefrom. The cover is stopped in movement by stop members 26 such as set screws screw-threadedly engaged with the ears of the cover bracket and positioned to receive the rear side 27 'of the cover. The cover is provided with a handle 28 for tilting the same.

In operating the device, the cover bracket may be quickly and easily elevated or lowered by means of the crank handle and oper ating screw, and the cover thus moved as desired to one or another spaced position in relation to the base, and the i'ace of the cover plate will in all positions conferred by the screw be parallel with the base plate. The cover may thus be set suitably tor toasting articles having greater or less thickness, and may be pivotally lifted for inspection or re- 9o desired spacing of the cover and base.

What Iclaim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

l. In a toaster including a support, a cover, and means for heating the support andthe cover, means adjustably spacing the cover from the support comprising lateral brackets on the support and the cover, a screw threaded in the support bracket and rotatable in the cover bracket, and guide posts 10 depending posts slidable in said openings, means pivotally supporting the cover from the cover bracket, and means for moving the coververtically comprising a post screwthreadedly engaged w1th one bracket and rotatable in the other bracket.

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EARL M. ST ADER..

n the cover'bracket, and a plunger fixed to the cover bracket and slidable in said coversupporting portion.

`3. In a toaster, a base member, a cover member, and means for adj'ustably supporting the cover member from the base member" in parallel relation4 therewith comprising a bracket on the base member, a second bracket on the cover member having a depending post 20 slidable in an opening in the base member bracket,means pivotally supporting the cover from the cover bracket, and means for moving the cover vertically comprising a post screw-threadedly engaged with one bracket and rotatable in the other bracket.

4. In a toaster, a base member, a cover member, and means for adjustably supporting the cover member from the base member in parallel relation therewith comprising a bracket on the base member, a second bracket on` the cover member having a depending post slidable in an opening in the base memer bracket, and provided with lugs, the cover being pivotally supported by the lugs, and a post screw-threadedly engaged with the base member bracket and rotatable in the other bracket and having a shoulder for supporting said other bracket.

5. In a toaster, afbase member, a cover member, and means for adjustablysupporting the cover member from the base member in parallel relation therewith comprising a bracket on the base member, a second bracket on the cover member. having a depending post slidable in an opening in the base member bracket, means retaining the cover in parallel relation with the .base member, and a .post screw-threadedly engaged with the base member bracket andA rotatable in the other bracket and having a shoulder for supporting said other bracket.

6. In a toaster, including a base and a cover, means adjustably supporting the cover from the base includingbracketsextending laterally from the coverand the base, a screw threaded none of said brackets and freely rotatable in the other, and a guidepost fixed to 'one `of said bracketsA and slidable in the other..

7. In a toaster; a base member, a' cover member, means-for supporting the `'cover member fromthe basel brackets on the members, the bracket of one `member havin arly spaced'v openings, .the othervmem rv` aving-angularly spaced member comprising 

